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Cadet Advise
Had the engineer out a few times this last week for the 30" Cadet for some reason the Magenta and Yellow head stopped firing well after trying a few different things turns out its the Main Board So im faced with quite a large bill as ive had to replace the M & Y Head at the same time but thats needed raplacing for a little while now. The Cadet is about 5 years old so it hasnt done bad only needing 2 heads and a pump in that time
Im Stuck trying to decide what to do, Do i replace the main board or use the money to Finance a new or ex demo bigger & more upto date machine which i think would benefit my business, think the Board is going to cost about £1400 + Labour.
In my position what would your thoughts be and what machine would you look at?
Thanks
Matt -
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are you sure the main board is that price?
i thought they were about £650… could be wrong of course…
if you went for a new machine what is the plans for the old?
not asking to make an offer or anything, just trying to understand your line of thought more. -
Im just going off the price the Engineer mentioned Rob I did have a look on a Website and it does look along those lines i think.
Basicly I know i would not get much for it without it being in a working condition, what i can hopefully do is try to come to a deal with the company the engineer is from (Where we purchased the cadet and buy inks from) on a new machine having just spent this money for the head and call out and labour if possible, i dont know if these companys would be interested in taking machines as trade when they are not working?
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Matt -
Hi Matt
as you describe in your thread, exactly the same thing happened to me about a month ago mag/yellow head stopped firing and as with you i was told that it was the main circuit board and to replace it would cost me £1500 + labour costs, the way you are describing things it sounds like the fuse to the mag/yellow head has blown as happened with my cadet plus.
As i find it hard enough to get an engineer over here never mind parts, I contact a fella the 2works with electronics he came along tested the fuse which my suppliers were correct in saying had blown soldered a piece of wire joining the 2 fuses and away i went printing again and the machine has been working perfect since cost me £50 instead of close i am sure to £2000.
These circuit boards are designed to make these companies money as the fuses are all soldered onto the boards and not replaceable, so that’s just a clue that could help you get up and printing again.
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Thanks for that David I will have a look into it the Company that sent the engineer over have been very helpful and have supplied me with a number for someone that might be able to fix the board as you described. I will give it a shot altho I do quite like the idea of a bigger machine now have had chance to think about things I have always been limited by the 30" size of the cadet so im looking into the Mimaki CJV-130
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Matt -
The head fuse is a good bet. It is a pain to replace as they are tiny and it is a surface mount device. If you replace the fuse and it blows again, check that the head cables are in good condition and that there is no ink that has got into the connector on the head that these cables pug into.
On later machines roland have put the head fuses in a socket so they are simple to change.
If you plug and/or head cables whilst the machine is connected to the mains you will pop the head fuses – so before doing the pull the mains lead out.
Mike
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